Problem with this is that it means the United States is a terrorist nation whenever it intervenes with "violence" in order to effect political change, even if its to put in a new political system for the sake of national security concerns.
My definition is still better: Anything that Muslims do against Non-Muslims.
It seems to me that would put antifa in the terrorist camp.
They're terrorists since they're basically Muslim gorillas, except they throw poo and attack old ladies instead of suicide bombings. Soon they will begin using guns though. There will be blood on the streets before long, then it'll be our turn to, umm, "use violence for political ends" to sort out the problem.
Tongue in cheek aside, the car-ramming wasn't terrorism because there's no evidence he ran the car into ANTIFA because he wanted to vote out Virginia's Clintonista governor. There are better and more likely possibilities.
“United States is a terrorist nation”
The statutes are written in the context of an individual or group that are not officially operating under a sovereign state’s orders.
So no, the US defeating the germans in WWII was not a terrorist act, nor is the US clandestine operations characterized as such. There are plenty on the left that want to frame it that way, but I don’t.
I agree that terrorism is not the only option for the driver. If his only intent was to attack counter protesters because of what they believed they’d have their case.
But if he was swarmed by a mob or was pissed because someone attacked him previously, he’d have a good out for that particular charge.
Nevertheless, since I have a right to protest, that means others, government or individual, have no right to prevent my protest. Doing so is a civil liberty violation. My protest would have to be “legal”, in the sense I can’t block traffic w/o prior permit yada yada.
And if that right applies to me, it applies to the alt right. So if antifa showed up to interfere, not just have a protest of their own, it’s a violation. It seems to me that that is the case here.